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This week, as unofficial international women taboos correspondent, I tackled the tax paid on sanitary products around the world, featuring fabulous Slovakian Diana Fabianova, director of The Moon Inside You:

Half the world’s population needs to use them for a week each month every month for about 30 years.

So why are sanitary products – used to absorb menstrual blood and therefore many would argue essential – taxed?

A campaign launched in a number of countries has had success in Australia where treasurer Joe Hockey has said he will ask state and territory governments to remove the tax on tampons and sanitary towels.